Sky Bet suffers “disastrous” Champions League opening night

iGaming Business – Sky Bet, the online gaming subsidiary of UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, has admitted it had a “disastrous” first night of the 2013-14 Uefa Champions League club football competition. Punters enjoyed a successful night after many of the short-priced favourites won. Last year’s winner, German team Bayern Munich, started the 2013-14 edition of the competition with a 3-0 home win against Russian side CSKA Moscow. Elsewhere, English Premier League teams Manchester United and Manchester City recorded wins against Bayer Leverkusen and Viktoria Plzen respectively, while Spanish Liga giant Real Madrid also comfortably saw off Galatasaray 6-1 in Turkey….